François MARCOTTE

Born

4 October 1745 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Died

21 March 1803 , Deschambault, Lower Canada

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François MARCOTTE Marie-Josephte MORISSET

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Born: 4 October 1745 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Father: François MARCOTTE

Mother: Marie-Josephte MORISSET

Paternal grandparents: Jacques MARCOTTE , Louise BEAUDET

Maternal grandparents: Mathurin MORISSET , Marie-Anne TELLIER

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François married Thérèse GROLEAU 13 January 1772 in Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse GROLEAU was born 30 November 1748 in Deschambault, Canada, New France . Thérèse died 15 February 1791 in Deschambault, Lower Canada . Thérèse was the child of François GROLEAU and Madeleine PERRAULT.

François MARCOTTE died 21 March 1803 in Deschambault, Lower Canada .
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Thérèse GROLEAU
Marriage date: 13 January 1772
Marriage place: Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Thérèse GROLEAU was the child of François GROLEAU and Madeleine PERRAULT

Children of François MARCOTTE and Thérèse GROLEAU

Madeleine MARCOTTE

Born: 20 April 1782, Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 9 May 1852, Deschambault, Canada East

Married: Joseph-Marie PAQUIN 19 November 1804 Place: Deschambault, Lower Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1745
4 October 1745
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1772 Marriage / Partner
François MARCOTTE and Thérèse GROLEAU 13 January 1772 , Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

He was 26 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1782 Birth of Child
Madeleine MARCOTTE was born 20 April 1782, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

François was 36 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada